Oracle® Virtual Networking Host Drivers for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM Installation and Boot Guide

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Updated: July 2016
 
 

Install With Driver Disk (PXE Installation Method)

  1. Boot the server with HCA.

    XGBoot finds vNIC/vHBA by establishing XSMP session with chassis.

  2. Provide the PXE label when the PXE prompts, and start the installation on the specified storage device, vHBA based LUN, or iSCSI based LUN.
  3. Install the host driver or kernel before reboot by accessing the console.

    Note -  You must install the host driver, kernel firmware, or kernel on vHBA- and iSCSI-based remote disk before rebooting the host.
  4. Perform the following steps from the host console command line, which is accessible by using the Ctrl+Alt+F2 key sequence.
    1. Mount the new system disk and enable SSH for the SCP.
      chroot /mnt/sysimage
      
      /etc/init.dsshd start
    2. Copy kernel and user space RPMs through SCP from a TFTP server or from wherever the RPMs reside.
  5. Follow the instructions in the section Installing Host Drivers (Local Disk Method) to install the drivers.